to my immediate right is paul schrader.is credits as writer-director include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. as a screenwriter for other directors he's responsible for the script of obsession for brian depalma mosquito coast for peter weir and for martin scorsese, taxi driver, raging bull and the last temptation of christ. to his right is joan micklin silver whose credits include hester street between the lines chilly scenes of winter and crossing delancey. to my immediate left is james toback. his credits include the gambler and bugsy, for which he received an academy award nomination for screenplay. and in terms of directing his credits include love and money, exposed and the pick-up artist. to his left is whit stillman whose first feature, metropolitan earned the best first film award from the new york critics circle and an academy award nomination for best screenplay. and his most recent film is barcelona. i happen to have been born in france and i've spent some time in europe. i've noticed that the french have a